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"Watch carefully Kai, because this was the grand moment they tested the drug that was successful in controlling you!" purred Leon.
Kai's eyes were filled with horror at the images flashing before them.
"You were eight years old. Its amazing what that serum could do, it turned you into a monster. More importantly, it turned you into a controllable monster!"
Kai was only half listening. Most of his attention was on the film of the eight year old version of himself. He watched as he stalked, there was no other word for it, up to a man cowering on a filthy floor. Then Kai realised that the floor was covered with old and dried blood. It streaked on the mans white coat and on the younger Kai's bare feet.
"The white coat, did he work in a lab?" he asked, afraid of any answers a bitter Leon would produce.
"Yes, he worked on the serum for Biovolt. Unfortunately, we caught him preparing to sell the story of Biovolt. The only punishment for such treason was death. Ironic it was the serum he worked on that made you kill him."
Kai wanted to swallow hard, but found his throat and mouth dry, his tongue stuck to the roof of his mouth.
The young Kai on the screen was growling at the man on the floor. He feigned lunging in different directions so that the man flinched and tried to escape. Kai was playing with him, almost like a cat with a mouse. The man gave a cry and hurtled passed Kai to throw himself against a huge metal door. He began banging on it, screaming and pleading for mercy. Young Kai watched the man with an amused look on his face. Then his head perked up as a voice filled the room. It was Boris's voice.
"Finish him."
Kai looked back to the man whose screams had increased in desperation. Kai grinned before pulling a knife out of his pocket. He fingered it, playing with its weight before he leaped onto the mans back. The man started clawing at Kai, trying to get him off. Kai pressed the knife to the mans neck, purposely pausing to hear the mans screams. Then, in one swift movement, he slit the mans throat. He leaped back to the floor as the mans body thrashed. Blood sprayed around the room, adding to the film of grime already there. Young Kai stood, watching the man die, blood landed on him, but he didn't even flinch from it. What he did made Kai retch without throwing up.
The young Kai smiled and licked his lips where the blood had landed. A primeval glint was in the boy's eyes as he tasted the warm, tangy fluid that dripped down his face. The mans body had stopped moving and the door opened. Boris walked in, men covering the entrance behind him. Kai growled again.
"Be a good boy Kai and stand still as the men tranquilise you, we're not quite sure of the serum just yet. Better to be safe, right?"
The young Kai nodded, but without any effort. Even though defiance blazed in the eyes that Kai didn't recognise, he still stood still as darts pierced his skin. He stood until the tranquilisers prevented it any longer and collapsed to the wet ground. The film stopped as the men approached.
"Now that was a show!" said a very happy Leon.
Kai couldn't risk opening his mouth to reply, he would only vomit, and he wouldn't show weakness in front of Leon.
"See Kai, nothing you do will let you escape the fact that you murdered someone!"
Kai found his voice in anger, "I was drugged! What I did had nothing to do with the real me, it was something that Biovolt created, I was just a vessel!"
"You can think what you like, but you still killed that man. It was your own hands that held and used the knife."
Kai shook his head; he was not going to be used like this. He had gotten stronger when it came to resisting things; he had rejected using Black Dranzer hadn't he? He kept that in mind, no matter what they showed him, he would not bend to their desires. He was better then that, for a start, he wasn't eight anymore.
"This wont work Leon, I'm not going to fall for whatever you throw at me. I handled the physical pain last time and beat you. What ever comes up on the screen will not make me beg to join you, end of story!" he finished with a sneer in Leon's direction.
"Will you two shut up? Just play the film and get this over with" Said Tadashi.
The boys stared at her, this was the first time she had spoken like that in this encounter. Leon glared at her, but Kai frowned. Something was very wrong with her. He didn't like her, but she was easier to get on with then Leon, who seemed to hate him for some reason.
The film continued to play. Every now and again an image would spark something in his mind. Then someone came on the screen that made Kai swallow the dryness away. Tori's smiling face shone out of the background bleakness. Kai smiled at the screen. He kept that smile on, even when the images turned nasty, when she was punished and beaten. He glanced at Leon, and was surprised to see pain in those dark, cold eyes. Then it hit him.
"You liked Tori?"
Leon jumped, and then scowled at letting his guard down like that. "So? It doesn't matter, she's dead. And that's your fault too. I hated you for stealing her away from me, even before she died. You two were always together, even when it was hard on you, you both smiled together. I hated you for what you had with her!"
"You hated me all this time because of a choice Tori made? She must've seen the evil in you! You scared her Leon! And she pitied you for never smiling, I don't know why she chose me but she did, and I've made my peace with her. She never left me, and every beat of my heart is for her. I love her, something you are incapable of feeling!"
"You talk like she is still here."
"She is always with me because I remember her. Nothing is black and white, not even life and death. She isn't with you because you didn't love her."
"I did! I did love her....." protested Leon.
"No, you didn't. You wanted her, but you didn't love her."
A noise made them both turn round. Tadashi stood, tears leaking from her eyes.
"I never knew how much you cared for her Kai. She has your heart still, and there's no place for me there! I'm sorry, for everything I'm sorry! I never meant to hurt you, but it was all I knew, all I was ever taught. I'm sorry." She buried her head in her hands and sobbed.
"Tad...... I'm sorry too. I hold nothing against you from what you have done; I know how you were brought up."
"Thank you, though I cannot say the same for my brother's choices. I've seen differently Kai, and have chosen. So has Leon. He will destroy himself with his choice though, and I will survive! I just need you to forgive me Kai, and then my freedom is in my own hands."
"Run Tad, far away! Don't help me, I need to do this!" she nodded at his decision, "then I forgive you, with everything I have I forgive you."
"Thank you" she whispered, then turned and fled.
"TADASHI!" yelled Leon.
"Let her go, she doesn't need you any more."
"You! Always you! You have taken away everything from me!" Leon raged as he punched Kai in the gut, just missing the still healing wound.
Kai grunted from the pain and the air escaping his lungs.
"What did they do to Tad?" he managed between ravaged breaths.
Leon went to punch Kai again, but was stopped by a voice.
"That's enough! You know force was not to be used that way!"
Leon stopped and turned toward the darkness. "I'm sorry sir! I lost my temper. It is unforgivable."
"Yes, it is" came the oily smooth voice, "your disobedience will be dealt with later, and you will answer where your sister is, now leave!"
Leon bowed and scrambled to leave the room.
The figure moved into the light.
"Boris" growled Kai.
"The one and only. Now, it's just you and me, like the good old days!"
"Sick, twisted, fucking pervert!"
"Flattery will get you nowhere! You know, since you've lost some of that muscle, you're starting to look even better, and you were always so pretty."
Kai went to bite the hand that reached up to stroke his face.
"Tsk tsk, still the temper though. I have orders to make you join us Kai, and I will."
In Boris's hand flashed the cold metal of a syringe needle, and Kai immediately started to sweat.
Boris smiled under the mask, "I see you still have your fear, good. Weakness in you is such a satisfying thing."
Boris hovered by Kai's neck, toying with the needle. He laughed at the fear in Kai's eyes, and at the fruitless struggling against his bonds.
Then he plunged the needle into Kai's neck.
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"Watch carefully Kai, because this was the grand moment they tested the drug that was successful in controlling you!" purred Leon.
Kai's eyes were filled with horror at the images flashing before them.
"You were eight years old. Its amazing what that serum could do, it turned you into a monster. More importantly, it turned you into a controllable monster!"
Kai was only half listening. Most of his attention was on the film of the eight year old version of himself. He watched as he stalked, there was no other word for it, up to a man cowering on a filthy floor. Then Kai realised that the floor was covered with old and dried blood. It streaked on the mans white coat and on the younger Kai's bare feet.
"The white coat, did he work in a lab?" he asked, afraid of any answers a bitter Leon would produce.
"Yes, he worked on the serum for Biovolt. Unfortunately, we caught him preparing to sell the story of Biovolt. The only punishment for such treason was death. Ironic it was the serum he worked on that made you kill him."
Kai wanted to swallow hard, but found his throat and mouth dry, his tongue stuck to the roof of his mouth.
The young Kai on the screen was growling at the man on the floor. He feigned lunging in different directions so that the man flinched and tried to escape. Kai was playing with him, almost like a cat with a mouse. The man gave a cry and hurtled passed Kai to throw himself against a huge metal door. He began banging on it, screaming and pleading for mercy. Young Kai watched the man with an amused look on his face. Then his head perked up as a voice filled the room. It was Boris's voice.
"Finish him."
Kai looked back to the man whose screams had increased in desperation. Kai grinned before pulling a knife out of his pocket. He fingered it, playing with its weight before he leaped onto the mans back. The man started clawing at Kai, trying to get him off. Kai pressed the knife to the mans neck, purposely pausing to hear the mans screams. Then, in one swift movement, he slit the mans throat. He leaped back to the floor as the mans body thrashed. Blood sprayed around the room, adding to the film of grime already there. Young Kai stood, watching the man die, blood landed on him, but he didn't even flinch from it. What he did made Kai retch without throwing up.
The young Kai smiled and licked his lips where the blood had landed. A primeval glint was in the boy's eyes as he tasted the warm, tangy fluid that dripped down his face. The mans body had stopped moving and the door opened. Boris walked in, men covering the entrance behind him. Kai growled again.
"Be a good boy Kai and stand still as the men tranquilise you, we're not quite sure of the serum just yet. Better to be safe, right?"
The young Kai nodded, but without any effort. Even though defiance blazed in the eyes that Kai didn't recognise, he still stood still as darts pierced his skin. He stood until the tranquilisers prevented it any longer and collapsed to the wet ground. The film stopped as the men approached.
"Now that was a show!" said a very happy Leon.
Kai couldn't risk opening his mouth to reply, he would only vomit, and he wouldn't show weakness in front of Leon.
"See Kai, nothing you do will let you escape the fact that you murdered someone!"
Kai found his voice in anger, "I was drugged! What I did had nothing to do with the real me, it was something that Biovolt created, I was just a vessel!"
"You can think what you like, but you still killed that man. It was your own hands that held and used the knife."
Kai shook his head; he was not going to be used like this. He had gotten stronger when it came to resisting things; he had rejected using Black Dranzer hadn't he? He kept that in mind, no matter what they showed him, he would not bend to their desires. He was better then that, for a start, he wasn't eight anymore.
"This wont work Leon, I'm not going to fall for whatever you throw at me. I handled the physical pain last time and beat you. What ever comes up on the screen will not make me beg to join you, end of story!" he finished with a sneer in Leon's direction.
"Will you two shut up? Just play the film and get this over with" Said Tadashi.
The boys stared at her, this was the first time she had spoken like that in this encounter. Leon glared at her, but Kai frowned. Something was very wrong with her. He didn't like her, but she was easier to get on with then Leon, who seemed to hate him for some reason.
The film continued to play. Every now and again an image would spark something in his mind. Then someone came on the screen that made Kai swallow the dryness away. Tori's smiling face shone out of the background bleakness. Kai smiled at the screen. He kept that smile on, even when the images turned nasty, when she was punished and beaten. He glanced at Leon, and was surprised to see pain in those dark, cold eyes. Then it hit him.
"You liked Tori?"
Leon jumped, and then scowled at letting his guard down like that. "So? It doesn't matter, she's dead. And that's your fault too. I hated you for stealing her away from me, even before she died. You two were always together, even when it was hard on you, you both smiled together. I hated you for what you had with her!"
"You hated me all this time because of a choice Tori made? She must've seen the evil in you! You scared her Leon! And she pitied you for never smiling, I don't know why she chose me but she did, and I've made my peace with her. She never left me, and every beat of my heart is for her. I love her, something you are incapable of feeling!"
"You talk like she is still here."
"She is always with me because I remember her. Nothing is black and white, not even life and death. She isn't with you because you didn't love her."
"I did! I did love her....." protested Leon.
"No, you didn't. You wanted her, but you didn't love her."
A noise made them both turn round. Tadashi stood, tears leaking from her eyes.
"I never knew how much you cared for her Kai. She has your heart still, and there's no place for me there! I'm sorry, for everything I'm sorry! I never meant to hurt you, but it was all I knew, all I was ever taught. I'm sorry." She buried her head in her hands and sobbed.
"Tad...... I'm sorry too. I hold nothing against you from what you have done; I know how you were brought up."
"Thank you, though I cannot say the same for my brother's choices. I've seen differently Kai, and have chosen. So has Leon. He will destroy himself with his choice though, and I will survive! I just need you to forgive me Kai, and then my freedom is in my own hands."
"Run Tad, far away! Don't help me, I need to do this!" she nodded at his decision, "then I forgive you, with everything I have I forgive you."
"Thank you" she whispered, then turned and fled.
"TADASHI!" yelled Leon.
"Let her go, she doesn't need you any more."
"You! Always you! You have taken away everything from me!" Leon raged as he punched Kai in the gut, just missing the still healing wound.
Kai grunted from the pain and the air escaping his lungs.
"What did they do to Tad?" he managed between ravaged breaths.
Leon went to punch Kai again, but was stopped by a voice.
"That's enough! You know force was not to be used that way!"
Leon stopped and turned toward the darkness. "I'm sorry sir! I lost my temper. It is unforgivable."
"Yes, it is" came the oily smooth voice, "your disobedience will be dealt with later, and you will answer where your sister is, now leave!"
Leon bowed and scrambled to leave the room.
The figure moved into the light.
"Boris" growled Kai.
"The one and only. Now, it's just you and me, like the good old days!"
"Sick, twisted, fucking pervert!"
"Flattery will get you nowhere! You know, since you've lost some of that muscle, you're starting to look even better, and you were always so pretty."
Kai went to bite the hand that reached up to stroke his face.
"Tsk tsk, still the temper though. I have orders to make you join us Kai, and I will."
In Boris's hand flashed the cold metal of a syringe needle, and Kai immediately started to sweat.
Boris smiled under the mask, "I see you still have your fear, good. Weakness in you is such a satisfying thing."
Boris hovered by Kai's neck, toying with the needle. He laughed at the fear in Kai's eyes, and at the fruitless struggling against his bonds.
Then he plunged the needle into Kai's neck.